bug#69535: Problem with copying an EXTREMELY large file - cmp finds a mismatch

2024-03-03 Thread Brian
I don't know whether the problem I've found is with cp or with cmp, so I don't know whether to address this report to coreutils or diffutils. If you think I've guessed wrong, please tell me so. I am trying to make a backup copy of a very large (40 Gigabyte) data file - yes, I have plenty of

bug#69532: mv's new -x option should be made orthogonal to -t/-T/default

2024-03-03 Thread Paul Eggert
Although I like the idea of exposing file swaps to the user, the first cut of 'mv -x' has significant problems. I expect 'mv -x A B' to act like 'mv A B' except the destination must exist and is renamed back to A. However, this is not true for 'mv -x A B' when B is a directory; it renames B to